Mirror Mirror

Singer, M.  (2010). Mirror, Mirror.  NY:  Dutton.

This is a collection of poems, inspired by fairy tales, that are creatively written forward and backward.  Each poem is based on a different classic fairytale from Cinderella to Beauty and the Beast.  Singers' original and creative style, coined "reverso," is engaging, unusual and intriguing.  Singer writes the poem one way and on the other side it is completely reversed, but still makes sense.  Singer explains that this invented form helps tell two points of view.  The artwork also enhances the poetry by how it is flipped as well.  This book is a wonderful tool to use in poetry units to show students how creative poetry can be, in addition to discussing different poetic devices such as line and use of punctuation.